17:20 Bellewstown

Saturday 5 April 2025

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Mac Tar Ltd. Apprentice Handicap

Off time: 17:20 | Winning time: 1m 43.24s

(10)

Dynamic Force²⁰

Age: 6| Weight: 10-1| J: Sadhbh Tormey⁽⁷⁾| T: T G McCourt| OR: 71| D

8/1

Twelfth of 13 in handicap at the Curragh (6f, soft, 9/1) 20 days ago. Significantly back up in trip. Has work to do.

Form: 27-4580

(1)

Pandion Power²⁰

Age: 4| Weight: 10-0| J: Rory Mulligan| T: J P Murtagh| OR: 70| BF| D

15/2

Latest win at Gowran in October. 11/2, seventeenth of 18 in handicap at the Curragh (8f, soft) on return 20 days ago, doing too much too soon. Should be closer to form now.

Form: 54113-0

(2)

Prince Of Eyeries^b¹⁵

Age: 4| Weight: 10-0| J: Jimmy Dalton⁽⁷⁾| T: J M Barrett| OR: 70

11/1

Winner at Dundalk in January. 7/1, seventh of 8 in handicap at Dundalk (7f) 15 days ago, finding little.

Form: 4082-17

(12)

Vierson⁵⁰

Age: 4| Weight: 9-13| J: Nicola Burns| T: Ciaran Murphy| OR: 69| D

15/2

Winner at Dundalk in January. 20/1, creditable sixth of 14 in handicap at Dundalk (10.7f) 50 days ago. Back down in trip.

Form: 9U50-16

(6)

Free Solo^b,e/s²²

Age: 8| Weight: 9-10| J: Adam Browne-Souza⁽⁴⁾| T: P J F Murphy| OR: 66| D

6/1

Twelve runs since last win in 2024. Creditable fifth of 13 in handicap at Dundalk (8f, 8/1) 22 days ago.

Form: 0-22455

(4)

Mount Ruapehu²⁰

Age: 5| Weight: 9-10| J: Joseph Harnett⁽⁷⁾| T: M Fahey| OR: 66

5/1

Fifteen runs since last win in 2024. First run since leaving A. Slattery when tenth of 13 in handicap (7/1) at the Curragh (6f, soft) 20 days ago. Significantly up in trip.

Form: 77384-0

(13)

Nezeeh^p³⁶

Age: 4| Weight: 9-9| J: Alan Casey⁽⁴⁾| T: D Hogan| OR: 65

14/1

Eighth of 11 in claimer (12/1) at Dundalk (6f) 36 days ago. Significantly back up in trip.

Form: 89-8048

(9)

Rockbury Lad^p²²

Age: 6| Weight: 9-9| J: Sam Coen⁽²⁾| T: M O'Callaghan| OR: 65| D

5/1

Unreliable type. Creditable fourth of 13 in handicap at Dundalk (8f, 6/1) 22 days ago, finding less than looked likely. Cheekpieces back on. Others more persuasive.

Form: 64-6234

(5)

The Bog Bank^p,t¹¹⁵

Age: 8| Weight: 9-9| J: Alyse Clarke⁽⁴⁾| T: T G McCourt| OR: 65| CD

14/1

4-time C&D winner. Off 115 days. Cheekpieces back on. Got to be respected given her course record.

Form: 360780-

(7)

Relevant Range^p¹¹⁵

Age: 6| Weight: 9-6| J: Darragh O'Sullivan| T: G Scott| OR: 62| D

16/1

Latest win at Listowel in September. Tenth of 12 in handicap (10/1) at Dundalk (10.7f) 115 days ago. Back down in trip.

Form: 091000-

(8)

Takeachancejimmy¹⁵⁹

Age: 11| Weight: 9-3| J: Shay Wallace⁽⁴⁾| T: N Slevin| OR: 59| CD

33/1

C&D winner. Off 159 days. Looked of little account when last seen in the autumn.

Form: 000/000-

(3)

Blue Wood^t¹

Age: 9| Weight: 8-7| J: Patrick McGettigan⁽²⁾| T: K Smith| OR: 45

13/2

Twelve runs since last win in 2024. 11/1, fifth of 11 in handicap at Dundalk (8f) 1 day ago.

Form: 00-0085

Non-Runners

(11)

Higher Kingdom³

Weight: 8-13| Age: 8

T: A McGuinness J: Julian Pietropaolo

Forecasts

Rockbury Lad (5/1), Mount Ruapehu (5/1), Higher Kingdom (5/1), Free Solo (6/1), Blue Wood (13/2), Pandion Power (15/2), Vierson (15/2), Dynamic Force (8/1), Prince Of Eyeries (11/1), Nezeeh (14/1), The Bog Bank (14/1), Relevant Range (16/1), Takeachancejimmy (33/1)

HIGHER KINGDOM ran well at Gowran on Wednesday and could be the way to go. Pandion Power should be closer to his best on the back of his Curragh return, while The Bog Bank must be respected given her good Bellewstown record.